Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days

Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man is an utterly compelling narrative - lyrical, irresistible, harsh, honest, and beautifully written - from which you simply cannot look away.

What makes one of the most gifted, charismatic and successful young literary agents in New York fall into full-blown crack-addiction- a collapse that would cost him his business, his home, many of his friends and - very nearly - his life? In his utterly compulsive narrative, Bill Clegg leads us through the grimiest back-rooms of Manhattan’s underbelly, through scenes of blank-eyed sex and squalor, into the febrile paranoia of a mind gone out of control.

Ninety Days begins where Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man ends - and tells the wrenching story of Bill Clegg’s battle to reclaim his life. The goal is ninety- just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction. But as any recovering addict knows, hitting rock bottom is just the beginning…

Published for the first time in one volume- Bill Clegg’s unflinching account of the addiction that nearly ended everything.